Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #454) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TANK
- GLOVE
- SCALE
- TEE
- COACH
- ROCKS
- POLO
- CROP
- FILTER
- BALL
- ROTATE
- MUSTANG
- GODIVA
- FLIP
- PUMP
- DRIVER
NYT Connections today (game #454) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Photoshop skills
- Green: Tiger essentials
- Blue: Fish things
- Purple: Equine badges
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #454) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE
- GREEN: THINGS USED IN GOLF
- BLUE: AQUARIUM PURCHASES
- PURPLE: LOGOS WITH HORSES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #454) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #454, are…
- YELLOW: WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE CROP, FLIP, ROTATE, SCALE
- GREEN: THINGS USED IN GOLF BALL, DRIVER, GLOVE, TEE
- BLUE: AQUARIUM PURCHASES FILTER, PUMP, ROCKS, TANK
- PURPLE: LOGOS WITH HORSES COACH, GODIVA, MUSTANG, POLO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Here's yet another super-tough Connections puzzle, guaranteed to get the old gray matter working – or to leave you frustrated at its obtuse nature.
In fairness, a couple of today's groups aren't too bad. I use Photoshop on a daily basis, and so the yellow WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE connection stood out to me immediately. Green, THINGS USED IN GOLF, caused me more problems – mainly because I thought some of the words went elsewhere, for instance BALL, FILTER, TANK all seemed like they might be related. But I got it in the end – which left blue and purple.
Purple – which is LOGOS WITH HORSES – was ridiculously difficult. I've not even heard of a company called GODIVA or COACH, though I assume one exists or this group would make even less sense. But I solved it through a combination of trial and error and guesswork, in that I knew GODIVA, POLO and MUSTANG all had a horse connection, and got lucky by adding COACH to it.
That left, blue, AQUARIUM PURCHASES, which was also tricky – but by then I was able to solve it by default, with one guess remaining. Phew!
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 6 September, game #453)
- YELLOW: QUANTITY AMOUNT, COUNT, NUMBER, TOTAL
- GREEN: INCIDENT AFFAIR, EPISODE, EVENT, MATTER
- BLUE: THINGS RECEIVED IN THE MAIL BILL, CARD, CATALOG, LETTER
- PURPLE: WHAT “SPRING” MIGHT REFER TO BOUNCE, COIL, GEYSER, SEASON
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
